Deodorant package or the like



Dec, 16,, 1952 J. F. BAGLEY, JR 2,621,965

DEODORANT PACKAGE- OR THE LIKE Filed Dec. 14, 1950 f if TJ E.

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Patented Dec. 16, 1952 DEDDORANT PACKAGE OR THE LIKE John F. Bagley,.ln, South Hadley, Mass, assignor to Stanley Home Products, Inc.,Westfield, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application December 14,1950, Serial No. 200,826

This invention relates to improvements in packages and is directed moreparticularly to a deodorant package or the like.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a deodorantpackage or the like which is arranged for convenient storage andshipment as Well as for use.

While the invention will be described in connection with deodorantmaterial or the like, it will be understood that it is applicable toother objects or materials as well.

According to the invention, a body of material enclosed in a sealedwrapper is provided with a socket and an opening therethrough and has anelongated suspension member disposed in the socket.

The wrapper or at least a part thereof may be removed from the body sothat the elongated member is accessible and may be passed through theopening of the body and employed for suspending the body.

It is common practice to suspend bodies or cakes of deodorant material,moth repellants and the like for the emission of gases therefrom.

According to this invention, the wrapper or envelope encloses the cakein such a manner as to prevent the escape of gases therefrom while theelongated member packaged therewith provides a convenient means forsuspending the cake when desired.

Thus there is provided a new and novel package which is easily andreadily useable for the purpose intended.

All of the above objects I accomplish by means of such structure andrelative arrangements of parts thereof, as will fully appear by aperusal of the description below and by various specific features whichwill be hereinafter set forth.

To the above cited and other ends and with the foregoing and variousother novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention aswill become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, myinvention consists in certain novel features of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter moreparticularly pointed out in the claim hereunto annexed and more fullydescribed and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a package embodying the novel features of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the package shown in Fig. l withparts in section for clearness;

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan View of the package shown in Figs. 1 and 2;and

1 Claim. (Cl. 299-24) Fig. 4. is a plan view of a suspending member forthe package shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will befully described.

The package of the invention is represented generally by 2 and includesa cake or body 4, an envelope or wrapper 6 and a suspending member 8.

The cake 4 is a substantially rigid body formed from materialcharacterized by its ability to emit gases for deodorizing, mothexpelling, and other purposes.

It will be understood that the body may be an object of any other shapeand may be formed from any desired material.

The body 4 at least on one side thereof is provided with a socket ordepression 5 and an opening 1 extending through the body and incommunication with the socket.

The envelope 6 will preferably be formed from material which isimpervious to gases and odors of the cake and may consist of cellophane,glassine, or waxed paper or the like. Preferably the envelope will betransparent, at least sufficiently transparent so that the socket isvisible therethrough.

A member 8 is disposed in the socket 5 and is in the form of anelongated strip arranged in the shape of a coil. Said member 8 willpreferably consist of relatively small wire which is readily flexibleand bendable and may be arranged ln the form of the coil 8 or coiled inother ways such as for example as shown at 8', in Fig. 4. The member 8in the form of a coil occupies small space so as to be receivable in thesocket.

The coiled member 8 in the socket will be visible through the envelopeor wrapper when the same is somewhat transparent as is desired.

The wrapper snugly embraces the body and is folded at a side thereofwith the overlapping portions secured by sealing in any well knownmanner.

As shown in Fig. 3, portions ID of the wrapper are in overlapping andsealed relation. By securing the overlapping portions the body iscompletely enveloped while the member 8 is visible when the wrapper istransparent.

The wrapper or a portion thereof may be re moved from the body so thatthe member 8 is accessible and said member 8 on being removed from thesocket is readily uncoiled and passed through the opening 1 and employedto suspend or support the body in any desired location.

As will be observed, there is provided a package including a body orobject which is enclosed in an envelope with said body having a socketin which is disposed an elongated suspension member readily accessibleby removal of the wrapper or portion thereof.

The package is adapted for storage and shipping purposes and the body isnot only protected but gases or odors are prevented from escapingtherefrom while said body is easily and readily suspended by meanscarried thereby.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely asbeing illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of theinvention being indicated by the appended claim rather than by theforegoing description, and'all modifications and variations as fallwithin the meaning nd purview and range of equivalency of the appendedclaim are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStatesis:

Asa new article of manufacture, a unitary moth repellent packagecomprising, a mothrepelling cake having opposite sides provided with anopen-sided socket in one side thereof and an opening from the bottom ofsaid cake through the opposite side thereof, said opening beingrelatively smaller in transverse dimension than said socket, a,transparent rupturable Wrapper enclosing said cake and closing saidsocket, and a flexible wire suspension member for extending through saidsocket and opening for suspending said cake from a support arranged inthe form of a coil disposed in said socket and held therein by saidwrapper.

JOHN F. BAGLEY, JR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,848,412 Bordman Mar. 8, 19322,27'7g669 smith Mar. 31, 1942 2,547,687 Brody Apr. 3, 1951

